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Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 01:33:48 -0500
From: Robert Stia <rnr@sanctum.com>
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
Subject: Re: infinity grips on ES/IV and instrument panel
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> I'm also fitting the instrument panel, and is there anyone out there who can
> give me some ideas on where to put it, or not put it.

Ron,

On my ES I deviated from the stock location. I am 6'2" and raised the
panel about 
an inch and a half for leg clearance. That gets it a little high to see
over but I also
pushed it back to the firewall as far as it would go and still have
clearance for all of
the avionics behind it. That also solved the "see over" problem. That
made it a little
tight to get at anything behind the panel. (pretty tight under normal
conditions) 
Solved that problem and made life real easy by hinging the bottom of the
panel so it will
swing down to about 30 degrees off horizontal. Was also done in rubber
shock mounts.

In about 20 minutes I can have that panel lying down and any piece of
avionics out or
exposed. Pushing that panel forward gives you a lot more room in the
cockpit and makes
getting in and out a lot easier.

> I'm about to install the infinity grips on my ES, and am wondering if anyone
> can help with how much of the control stick tube that I need to cut off.

Be careful about cutting anything off the side sticks. Make them as long
as possible and
still have comfort holding it and clearance to the fuselage wall/door
frame. Sometimes those loads can get pretty high and a little short
stick will only make it worse.

As an aside, if you want more room, I took the forward seat flange off
the face of the
forward seat bulkhead and mounted it to the aft side of the bulkhead.
Gained another 2"
in the cockpit.

Regards, have fun

Bob Stia N96ES

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